• The 27th century BC was a century that lasted from the year 2700 BC to 2601 BC. c. 2750–2600 BC: Early Dynastic II Period in Mesopotamia. c. 2700 BC: The...
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  • Centuries in architecture 28th century BC 27th century BC 26th century BC Decades in architecture 90s 80s 70s 60s 50s 40s 30s 20s 10s 00s Centuries 28th...
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  • architecture - 27th century BC in architecture - 28th century BC in architecture - 29th century BC in architecture - 30th century BC in architecture Neolithic...
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  • BC in architecture 29th century BC in architecture 27th century BC in architecture 26th century BC in architecture 25th century BC in architecture 21st...
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    BC. 30th century BC 29th century BC 28th century BC 27th century BC 26th century BC 25th century BC 24th century BC 23rd century BC 22nd century BC 21st...
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    examples of fluting in limestone columns can be seen at Djoser's necropolis in Saqqara, built by Imhotep in the 27th century BC. The Temple of Luxor...
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  • punctuated by a brief interval of Egyptian independence from 404 BC to 343 BC. In the 6th century BC, Persian rulers, particularly Cyrus the Great, sought to...
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    Imhotep (category 27th-century BC births)
    (/ɪmˈhoʊtɛp/; Ancient Egyptian: ỉỉ-m-ḥtp "(the one who) comes in peace"; fl. late 27th century BC) was an Egyptian chancellor to the King Djoser, possible...
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    and elaborate in western Eurasia from the 4th millennium BC until the Persian Achaemenid Empire conquered the region in the 6th century BC. The main emphasis...
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  • Maya architecture – the structures of the Maya civilization, which was established circa 2000 BC and continued until its conquest by the Spanish (in the...
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    variety of experiences in this period. The pharaohs of the 27th Dynasty ruled for approximately 121 years, from 525 BC to 404 BC. Rulers with violet background...
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  • known as the "Bikini mosaic"). A silver coin that was found in South Arabia in the 3rd century BC shows a buxom foreign ruler with much décolletage and an...
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  • approximately 315,000 years ago in Africa to the invention of writing, over 5,000 years ago, with the earliest records going back to 3,200 BC. Prehistory covers the...
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    Sneferu (category 27th-century BC pharaohs)
    during the earlier half of the Old Kingdom period (26th century BC). He introduced major innovations in the design and construction of pyramids, and at least...
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    of Crete. Known for its monumental architecture and energetic art, it is often regarded as the first civilization in Europe. The ruins of the Minoan palaces...
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    in 860 BC, and by the 6th century BC it was replaced by the Satrapy of Armenia. The Kingdom of Armenia reached its height under Tigranes the Great in...
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    Pyramid of Djoser (category Buildings and structures completed in the 27th century BC)
    4-sided structure is the earliest colossal stone building in Egypt. It was built in the 27th century BC during the Third Dynasty for the burial of Pharaoh Djoser...
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    Gilgamesh (category 27th-century BC Sumerian kings)
    In the 21st century BC, King Utu-hengal of Uruk adopted Gilgamesh as his patron deity. The kings of the Third Dynasty of Ur (c. 2112 – c. 2004 BC) were...
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    in ancient Greece, spanning the period from approximately 1750 to 1050 BC. It represents the first advanced and distinctively Greek civilization in mainland...
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    Augustus (category 1st-century BC monarchs in Europe)
    Century. Octavian was born into an equestrian branch of the plebeian gens Octavia. His maternal great-uncle Julius Caesar was assassinated in 44 BC,...
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    Nynetjer (category 29th-century BC pharaohs)
    proposing that he flourished some time during the late 29th century BC to the early 27th century BC. Estimating the duration of his rule is equally difficult...
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    of material culture covers physical expressions such as technology, architecture and art, whereas immaterial culture includes principles of social organization...
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  • Uruk (category Populated places established in the 4th millennium BC)
    chronology presented in the Sumerian King List (SKL), ruled Uruk in the 27th century BC. After the end of the Early Dynastic period, with the rise of the...
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  • f. c. 19th century-17th century BC High Steward of the early Thirteenth Dynasty Aahotepre Pharaoh 14th dynasty (fl. c. mid-17th century BC) Pharaoh of...
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    with the defeat of Athens at the hands of Sparta in the Peloponnesian War in 404 BC. By the 6th century BC, Greek colonists had spread far and wide — from...
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    the island of Crete and flourished from approximately the 27th century BC to the 15th century BC. The Minoans were replaced by the Mycenaean civilization...
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    Elam (category 27th-century BC establishments)
    Assyria from the 10th century BC until the death of Ashurbanipal in 627 BC. After his death, the Medes played a major role in the destruction of the...
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    Tel Hazor (category Populated places disestablished in the 8th century BC)
    the 8th and 10th century BC M68. In the 2019 season, the 13th of the current excavation, areas M4 and M68 were worked, both Iron Age. In total, Hazor has...
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    Temple of Amun, Jebel Barkal (category Buildings and structures completed in the 13th century BC)
    boat from the Napata area. Construction of the temple occurred in the 13th century BC. The temple's foundation probably occurred during the reign of Thutmose...
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